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BELTLEVER POWER. No. 303,3 8. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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2 "UNITED STATES PATENT ()FF CEO WILLIAM w. sEELnY, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BELT LEVER-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,328, dated August12, 1884.

Application filed June 9, 1884. (No modeh) To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. SEELEY, a citizen of the United States,and residing in the city and county of Albany, and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Belt Lever-Powers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of lever-powers which are operatedbya belt; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a means bywhich, while operating the lever, the movement of the belt which passesover the driving-wheel will be continuous in one direction, and toproduce a simple and inexpensive mechanism. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which+ Figurel is an upright side view of the entire mechanism. Fig. 2 is a top viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view thereof, and Fig. 4 is atop view of the large horizontal geared wheel, showing one of the waysin which I sometimes construct the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the severalviews.

The horizontalrpieces of wood or metal P constitute the upper and lowerside pieces of the frameof any machine to which the leverpower is to beapplied and attached.

G and H are two arms of a lever joined together by the bolt N, formingthereby a knuckle-joint, and one end of one of which arms (as, forinstance, G) is affixed to that part of the frame which unites the twoupper horizontal side pieces, P, by a bolt, M, and the other of whicharms (as, for instance, II) is attached to any plunger, K, by a bolt, 0.

A is a polygonally-edged or circular metal plate having teeth' affiXedto or cut in upon its under surface to fit into the cavities formed bythe teeth in the perpendicular cog-wheel O, which is firmly affixed onthe shaft E, and by which latter wheel 0 the said plate A is operated.The plate A has alsoa circular projection upon its under surface, whichfits upon and turns around a metallic ring or projection upon the upperface of the metallic plate F, which is firmly secured to the lower partof the frame P. Upon the upper face of the metal plate Ais firmlysecured, either by being cast with it, or by being bolted or otherwisefastened to said plate, a strip or bar of metal, B, against which thelower part of the bolt N, which joins the two arms of the levertogether, is pressed when the belt-wheel D is turned. I sometimesconstruct the plate A, as in Fig. 4, with two bars or strips of metal,Band B, upon the upper surface thereof,and thereby form a space betweenthem, into which space and between which bars the end of the bolt Npasses. The two ends of B and B may be joined, thus forming an elongatedring. I sometimes, where the ends are not joined, make either or boththe bars B and B loose to pass around a bolt which passes through thetwo plates A and F, and around which latter bolt the plate A can beturned, and by means of which it can be held in close proximity to theplate FL hen I only require the use of one or both of the bars B or B, Itemporarily fasten it or them by pins to the plate A, in any position Imay desire.

I sometimes construct the plates A and F without the circular projectionor rings upon the under and upper surfaces of said plates, respectively,and join or hold the same in position by a bolt. which passes throughboth said plates, so that the plate A can be turned around thereon. l

D is the belt-wheel, which is affixed to one end of the shaft E, thelatter resting in and passing through the lower horizontal side piecesP, and which wheel is operated by the belt B. A counterbalance-wheel, J,isaffixcd to the othcrend of the said shaft E.

I is a barof metal, used to join the ends of i the two upper side piecesP, and through which the bolt M, which holds one end of one of the armsG of the lever, passes.

In order to add greater strength to and the better to support the shaftE, I sometimes affix to the outside of the lower side pieces Pa metalframe, L and L, and pass the shaft through such metal frame. This latteraddition, however, is not necessary for the proper working of myinvention, and I do not, there fore, limit myself to its use. I

, I sometimes construct the plate A without the bars B and B, and inlieu thereof cut a groove in the upper face thereof in order to receivethe bolt N, and when the diameter of such plate A is not sufficient Iadd a bar of one of the faces of such groove.

metal to the periphery of such plate in a hor izontal position, andatsuch part of said periphery as that such bar, while being at one side ofsuch groove, yet one of the perpendicular faces of such bar will becontinuous with The edge of the metallic plate having the teeth upon itsunderside thereof may be of any form, and I therefore choose todenominate its edges p0 lygonal, as I do not wish to be confined to anystyle of formation of its edges. The said metallic plate need not besolid. I sometimes use instead of a solid plate a cog-wheel, and affixin any manner the bars B or B to it, either by casting them with thewheel or bolting them firmly thereto; or, as before stated, the bars canbe made loose and fastened to the wheel when in use, and I do nottherefore confine myself to a solid plate.

In operating my invention I pass a belt, which is connected to thedriving-wheel of an engine or of any motive power, over the driving orbelt wheel D. When the wheel D is turned, the axle E, to which it isfirmly affixed, also turns, and with it the cog-wheel O, which in turnoperates the plate A,causing it to turn. WVhen the bar B strikes againstthe bolt N, the latter is moved by and is caused to slide along said barB, and the two arms of the lever are made to assume any angle, and theplunger at the end of the arm H pushed backward and forward.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s- 5 1. A lever-power consisting. of apolygonally-edged or circular metallic plate having teeth cast with,affixed to, or cut in the same, upon its under surface, and one or morebars firmly affixed to or cast with said plate, upon its upper surface,the two arms of a lever joined together by a bolt, which extends down tosaid plate, and is operated upon by the bar or bars affixed thereto, aperpendicular cogwheel which operates upon and in connection with saidmetallic plate, and means for turning said perpendicular cog-wheel, andthe frame of any machine to which said mechanism is to be applied, bywhich said plate and eog-wheel can be supported and held' in position,and to which the ends of the arms of the levercan be attached, for thepurposes set forth.

2. A lever-power consisting of a polygonally-edged or circular metallicplate having teeth cast with, affixed to, or cut in the same, upon itsunder surface, and one or more bars loosely affixed to said plate, upon.its upper surface by means of the pin which holds the plate to theframe, the two arms of a lever joined together by a bolt, which extendsdown to said plate, and is operated upon by the bar or bars whentemporarily fastened to said plate, a perpendicular cog-wheel whichoperates upon and in connection with said metallic plate, and any meansfor turning said perpendicular. cog-wheel, and the frame of any machineto which said mechanism is to be applied, by which said metal plate andcogwheel can be supported and held in position, and to which the ends ofthe arms of the lever can be attached, for the purposes set forth.

3. A lever-power consisting of a polygonallyedged or circular metallicplate having teeth cast with, affixed to, or cut in the same, upon itsunder surface, and a groove extending from or near the center to thecircumference thereof, cut in its upper surface, the

two arms of alever joined by a bolt, which ex" tends down to and intoand is operated by the said groove cut in said metallic plate, aperpendicular cog -wheel which operates upon and in connection with saidmetallic plate, and means for turning said perpendicular cog- Wheel, andthe frame of any machine to which 7 said mechanism is applied, by whichsaid plate of the lever can be attached, for thepurposes Set forth.

4. A lever -power consisting of a polygonally-edged or circular metallicplate having one or more bars firmly affixed to or cast with said plate,upon its upper surface, and also having teeth cast with, affixed to, orcut in upon its under surface, and having also on its under surface acircular ring cast with or affixed to the same, which ring fits andturns upon a ring cast with or affixed to a metallic plate, whichsupports said p olygonally-edged metallic plate having said teeth, thesaid supporting metallic plate with said ring affixed thereto or casttherewith, the two arms of a lever joined together by a bolt whichextends down to said plate, and is operated upon by the bar or barsaffixed thereto, a perpendicular cog wheel, which operates upon and inconnection with said metallic plate, and means for turning saidperpendicular cog -wheel, and the frame of any machine to which saidmechanism is to be applied, by which said plate and cog-wheel can besupported and held in position, and to which the ends of the arms of thelever can be attached, for the purposes set forth.

5. A lever-power consisting of a polygonally-edged or circular metallicplate having one or more bars loosely joined to said plate, upon itsupper surface, by means of the pin which holds the said plate to theframe, and also having teeth cast with, affixed to, or cut in the same,upon its under surface, and having also on its under surface a ring castwith or affixed to the same, which ring fits and turns upon a ring eastwith or affixed to a metallic platewhich supports said polygonallyedgedmetallic plate having teeth, the said supporting metallic plate withsaid ring affixed thereto or cast therewith, two arms of a lever joinedby a bolt which extends down to said toothed plate, and is operated uponby the bar or bars when temporarily fastened by any means to saidtoothed plate, a perpendicular a groove extending from or near thecenter to cog-wheel,which operates upon and in connection with saidtoothed plate, and means for turning said perpendicular cog-wheel, andthe frame of any machine to which said mechanism is to be applied, bywhich said toothed plate and cog-wheel can be supported and held inposition, and to which the ends of the arms of the lever can beattached, for the purposes set forth.

6. A lever-power consisting of a polygonally-edged or circular metallicplate having the circumference thereof, cut in its upper surface, andalso having teeth cast with, affixed to, or cut in the same, upon itsunder surface, and having alsoon its under surfacea circular ring castwith or affixed to the same, which fits and turns upon a ring cast withor affixed to a metallic plate which supports said polygonallyedgedmetallic plate having said teeth, the said supporting metallic platewith said ring affixed thereto or cast therewith, the two arms of alever joined together by a bolt which extends down to and into and isoperated by said groove in said toothed metallic plate, a perpendicularcog-wheel, which operates upon and in connection with said toothedmetallic plate, and means for turning said perpendicular-cog-wheel, andthe frame of any machine to which said mechanism is to be applied, by

which said toothed plate and cog-wheel can be supported and held inposition, and to which the ends of the arms of the lever can beattached, for the purposes set forth.

7. A lever-power consisting of a horizontal cog-wheel and the necessarysupporting-frame, one or more metal bars placed above said cogwheel,upon the pin around which said cogwheel turns, and which bar or bars,when in use, is or are firmly fastened to the upper surface of saidhorizontal cog-wheel, the two arms of a lever joined together by a boltwhich extends down to said bar, or into the spaces between said bars,and is operated by said bar, a second and perpendicular cogwheel, whichoperates upon and in connection with said horizontal cog-wheel, asupportingframe for said second cog-wheel, and mechan ism for turningsaid perpendicular cog-wheel, and the frame of any machine to which saidmechanism is applied, and by which both said cog-wheels can be supportedand held in position, and to which the ends of the arms of the lever canbe attached, for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM W. SEELEY.

Witnesses:

DNV. SEELEY, EDWIN G. DAY.

